https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRfHcp2GjVI

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

some reviews from people who actually saw it in LA: http://myanimelist.net/anime/32281/Kimi_no_Na_wa

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so loving what - Stephen Fry.

saw a screener today. well... who cares about those side characters? the story does just fine.

[spolier]what's up with happy endind? this is totally not what the author would do, you do expect the opposite up to very last minute. looks like producers made him to [/spoiler]

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so loving what - Stephen Fry.

I think, while enjoying what Shinkai does best, he can be forgiven for having some characters that don't have the depth of Miyazakis; the things that he does do well, he does superbly, so his work is always satisfying to me, even though he does tend to rework the same concepts over and over (distance between lovers being his favourite theme, quite possibly due to personal experience).

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

Oh look, the most important plot elements are already being turned into gifs:


[[edit by arren: I contacted makc a few days ago about this and still haven't got any response, so I've removed the image myself. I think most of us agree that it was unsuitable.]]

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so loving what - Stephen Fry.

Not an appropriate post, IMO, makc

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this is not fan art, the anime has about 5 scenes with the girl touching herself. if that's not appropriate for you, you better not watch it

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so loving what - Stephen Fry.

I don't think Husky is talking about his personal qualms, makc, more what's appropriate for this forum. We don't tend to post that kind of thing here.

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Kaz is right, makc, If the image was a still, I wouldn't mind it, but the animation puts it in a different category in this forum. Be aware that many young people watch this forum, as low as 10 and 11 yo old to my personal knowledge. That was the basis for my objection, thank you...

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...and, is any action going to be taken here, either by the poster or an admin?

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

Ohhh! i was not paying attention, it is a Mokoto Shinkai production!!! totally missed it.

it's already number 1 everywhere.

wikipedia

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was projected to become the first non-Ghibli non-series based anime movie to earn over 10 billion yen

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Watch everything but only take the good things from it

Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.

Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.

If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.

its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

I'm wondering if I should go and see it while it's still in cinemas. Obviously I've heard it's good, but I'm not sure if I'll follow it well enough without subtitles.

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His work faces criticism for being mostly visuals and less story/plot/subtle characters but apparently the story is excellent in this. If anything that may be a 'no' vote against watching without subtitles if the dialogue is subtle.

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i watched it

Quality wise there is way to much difference to compare with ghibli's

However the story is excellent.

about the ending i can say (press ctrl+a to see) Spoiler!, highlight to read.

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Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.

Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.

If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.

its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

.wrong button

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Watch everything but only take the good things from it

Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.

Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.

If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.

its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

ok, I'm just curious, what 'bold step' did you see in Mononoke? personally, it was boring as hell and not resonated with me at all, like for example the wolf girl hardly even spoke the whole movie, what reason would I have to like her... maybe the forest creatures were cute, but not cute enough to save the movie. that was one of the least enjoyable stuff I saw so far not just from ghibli but whole anime genre. personally. so, what did I miss there?

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so loving what - Stephen Fry.

I would say makc you missed a lot

Basically i think you looked the movie from a different perspective. It is not the story that is important here its the characters that makes it great.

As a matter of fact it is one of the greatest films ever made

however for you sake i am writing a short review, try to think the movie from the perspective of Ashitaka and Lady Eboshi. Or from the perspective of Jiko-bo and San. I think you will understand the narrative better.

you should think this movie more like a story that has been created to portray the characters rather than characters created to tell a story. Both are completely different styles of storytelling


The wikipedia page is great source of information.

However what i dont get is how can a film like Princess Mononoke can be Boring , i mean there is action and suspense in every other sequence

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Watch everything but only take the good things from it

Ask, think and learn. Because the more we know the more we grow.

Watching the wrong to happen is the same as commiting the wrong.

If it looks like things are forcing you to be creative, Then be creative.

its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso]
taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi

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a story that has been created to portray the characters

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so loving what - Stephen Fry.

I have to agree with saviour about Princess Mononoke not being boring, IMO.

That being said, that is the nice thing about people...We all have different points of view and different likes and dislikes...

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Also, imagine they would never decapitate the deer, and following events did not happen. There is pretty much no meaningful message left in mononoke then, and it's still like 80% length of the whole movie.

P.S. sorry to hijack the thread, it was for your name, right.

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so loving what - Stephen Fry.